Kitchen Safety Posters for Commercial Use

High Speed Training

April 22, 2025

4 min read

Adhering to health and safety rules is essential for all those who work in a commercial kitchen. Not only do they help to keep you and your staff safe, they are vital to protecting customers from undue harm.

To help you remember important health and safety processes and practices, we’ve created 8 kitchen safety posters that you can download for free and prominently display in your kitchen. These posters can act as quick and easy references that reiterate your health and safety practices and reaffirm your expectations for staff.

Personal Hygiene Rules in the Kitchen Poster

Personal hygiene in the kitchen refers to personal cleanliness and health. To keep food safe, everyone working in a food handling area must maintain a high level of personal hygiene.

Posters that display your expectations and the 5 personal hygiene rules that all staff must maintain, serve as visual reminders of their responsibilities and practices that they should be regularly doing.

Download our poster and display it in areas staff will regularly see it to highlight the mandatory personal hygiene practices that all staff must follow.

Clean As You Go Poster

Clean as you go is a cleaning technique that helps to maintain high standards of hygiene. It encourages staff to clean up after themselves as they complete tasks.

You can find more information in the following article: What is a ‘Clean As You Go’ Policy?

Below you will find our free clean as you go poster for you to download and use in your business.

7 Steps of Handwashing Poster

Everyone in the kitchen should wash their hands frequently and it’s important that those who handle food know how to wash their hands efficiently. Our hand washing poster clearly shows the 7 steps of hand washing which, when followed accordingly, keeps hands clean and reduces the risk of cross contamination.

Our poster below should be prominently displayed in your workplace’s handwashing areas.

Chilled Food Storage Poster

To reduce the growth of bacteria many types of foods must be kept in fridges, such as dairy products and meat (both raw and cooked). Following effective refrigeration storage procedures is therefore essential to reduce the growth of bacteria and potential contamination of other foods.

Below you can download our chilled food storage poster.

FIFO Checklist Poster

FIFO is a stock rotation system that stands for first in, first out. This means that foods with the soonest best before or use-by dates are stored at the front of fridges and cupboards, whilst foods with the latest best before or use-by dates are stored at the back.

To help keep FIFO at the forefront of everyone’s mind, we have created a FIFO checklist that you can display in areas of high stock rotation and where staff will regularly see it, such as next to cupboards, fridges or even in the staff room.

Below you will find our checklist which covers the 5 steps of FIFO and also contains helpful tips to ensure that you are storing food safely and hygienically.

Temperature Danger Zone Poster

The temperature danger zone is the term used to describe the temperature range where food is most at risk of developing harmful bacteria. Any food in the danger zone is at risk of causing illness to anyone who handles or consumes it.

We have created a temperature danger zone chart which you can download and display to remind you of the temperature danger zone and how to keep food out of it.

Chopping Board Colours Poster

Different chopping board colours exist for the purpose of food safety. In a coloured chopping board system, each board is used for a different type of food or food group. This helps to minimise the risk of cross contamination by ensuring that high and low risk foods, such as raw meat and salad vegetables, are prepared separately.

To learn more about chopping boards, take a look at our article: What Colour Chopping Board Do I Need?

Below you can download our free chopping board colours poster which you can display in your workplace to serve as a reminder of what boards should be used and when.

14 Named Allergens Poster

Anyone who works with food must know how to prevent food safety risks. This includes controlling allergenic hazards.

Any food has the ability to cause an allergic reaction; however, certain foods are more likely to cause a reaction than others. There are 14 food allergens that legally must be declared if they are used as an ingredient in a food product.

To help you remember the 14 named allergens, we have developed a free downloadable poster which you can find below and display in your workplace.

In order to be effective, health and safety practices must be consistent and so it’s vital that everyone remembers the procedures that they must follow. Our range of free downloadable posters can help to reiterate your expectations and cement the importance of operating safely and hygienically in everyone’s minds. By displaying these posters in prominent places you can ensure that all staff, including new starters, regularly see them and adhere to the guidelines they cover.